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Everything can be Construed as Art

What is art? Art is a skill such as painting or drawing which causes someone to feel something. The Grand Canyon or any object such as a house can bring about feelings, however snapping those things with a camera is not the same as making a work of art. Only an artist (novice or expert) can create art because art is a skill. If his or her painting looks like a photograph or is completely imaginary, it is art. Whether a picture is art or grafitti depends on whether the person who made it is selfish. If a person paints a picture on property not belonging to them the person has created grafitti, not art. If the same painting is painted on property belonging to them it is art. Art is "often" legal. The law doesn't determine what is or isn't art. Objective morality and human feelings do. Art can be beautiful or ugly, but despite this not everything can be construed as art. My opponent adds: "Also photography is a valued form of art, it takes skill to capture a certain feeling, a certain angle, a certain expression. A photography can inspire as much feeling as a painting." I'm sure there are many photographers who consider themselves artists, the black and white 'phantom' photograph for instance sold for 6.5 million dollars and certainly does inspire as much feeling as a painting. Inspiration can come from natural and urban landscapes as well as people. What inspires someone to paint something or take a photograph can come from the same source. However it should be noted that the brain takes photographs and stores them as memories all the time, so taking a quick photograph is no different to looking at a house, the moon, or any object. Thanks for having this debate, and wish you the best with future debates